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Object Number 991-12-60/15046
Display Title Embroidered Orange Silk Purse
Descriptions
Indigenous Term Yes (Chinese name)
Object Description Silk purse embroidered with satin stitch. Orange background, blue and green flowers, blue ribbon trim, blue silk interior. <transliteration> (Chinese name). 9.6 cm. (?) x 6.8 cm. (?) x 1 cm. (?).
Inventory Description Wallet, orange silk with floral embroidery, woven cotton decorative trim
Classification
  • Container
Department Ethnographic
Date late 19th century - early 20th century
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / China
Dimensions Overall: 8.3 x 6.5 x 1 cm (3 1/4 x 2 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 991-12-60/15046
Provenance
Collector Sarah Pike Conger (1898 - 1905)
Donor Sarah Conger Buchan Jewell

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